AES Protect - Technical Specifications
Features
- Encrypt single files using a passphrase
- Portable, no installation required
- Written in x86 assembly language
- Lightweight, only 29k in size
- Advanced Encryption Standard - Rijndael cipher
- Galois Counter Mode encryption and authentication
- Passphrase up to 512 characters
- Passphrase character counter
- PBKDF2 SHA-256 key derivation, 524288 rounds
- Automatic AES-NI hardware acceleration
- Suitable for everyday use
45 byte file header
- 1 byte. Header version number
- 12 bytes. Counter
- 16 bytes. Unique salt for PBKDF2
- 16 bytes. GCM authentication tag
- Encrypted data to EOF
Requirements
- CPU with MMX and SSE2
- Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11. 32 or 64 bits